Staffordshire soldiers will be patrolling the southern city of Basra
An army commander has said spirit was "alive and well" among his men despite a second tour of Iraq in two years.
Lt Col Tim Sandiford, the leader of the 1st Battalion, the Staffordshire Regiment, said the 500 soldiers intended to "make a difference".

"The short tour interval did not see us put the bunting out, but neither was it greeted with a collapse of morale or mass resignations," he said.